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This event is in the "Middle School Age" group.

Library Scouts

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Discovery Corner - Denny Sanford Children's Library at Central Library
Program Type:
Community Engagement, Science/STEAM
Age Group:
Elementary School Age, Middle School Age
Join our Library Nature Scouts for a recurring adventure inspired by citizen science!
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Discovery Corner - Denny Sanford Children's Library
Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age
Program Type: Community Engagement, Science/STEAM
Event Details:
Join our Library Nature Scouts for a recurring adventure inspired by citizen science!
This event is in the "Babies/Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschoolers" group.
This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group.

Pajama Storytime

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Mountain View/Beckwourth Library
Age Group:
Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age

Come join us with your little ones at the Mountain View/Beckwourth Branch Library in the children’s area for pajama storytime.

Library Branch: Mountain View/Beckwourth Library
Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age
Event Details:

Come join us with your little ones at the Mountain View/Beckwourth Branch Library in the children’s area for pajama storytime.

This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Older Adults" group.

Meditation for a Happy Life

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:45pm
Homeschool Resource Center at Mission Valley Library
Program Type:
Wellness
Age Group:
Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Learn and practice meditation, improve harmony at home and at work, and build your wisdom and inner peace.  This secular and modern approach to traditional Buddhist teachings is led by Ashley Davis, co-founder of The Center for Harmonious Liv

Library Branch: Mission Valley Library
Room: Homeschool Resource Center
Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Wellness
Event Details:

Learn and practice meditation, improve harmony at home and at work, and build your wisdom and inner peace.  This secular and modern approach to traditional Buddhist teachings is led by Ashley Davis, co-founder of The Center for Harmonious Liv

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Older Adults" group.

Adult Crafting Circle: Embroidery Patches

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Multipurpose Room - Skyline Hills at Skyline Hills Library
Program Type:
Celebration Month, Accessibility, Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation, Wellness
Age Group:
Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Make your own zipper pouch and other sewing projects, with Claudia form Sew Loka. Or bring your own project to work on and join our community of crafters. 

Registration Encouraged
Library Branch: Skyline Hills Library
Room: Multipurpose Room - Skyline Hills
Age Group: Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Celebration Month, Accessibility, Art, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation, Wellness
Registration Encouraged
Event Details:

Make your own zipper pouch and other sewing projects, with Claudia form Sew Loka. Or bring your own project to work on and join our community of crafters. 

This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group.
This event is in the "Middle School Age" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Free Ballet Folklorico Classes - El Tesoro Del Folklor

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Black Box Theatre at City Heights Performance Annex
Program Type:
Cultural Appreciation, Performing Arts
Age Group:
Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults

Join El Tesoro Del Folklor at the Annex for free Ballet Folklorico classes! Children and adults from beginners to experienced are welcome to join this amazing group of talented performers to improve their skills.

Library Branch: City Heights Performance Annex
Room: Black Box Theatre
Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults
Program Type: Cultural Appreciation, Performing Arts
Event Details:

Join El Tesoro Del Folklor at the Annex for free Ballet Folklorico classes! Children and adults from beginners to experienced are welcome to join this amazing group of talented performers to improve their skills.

This event is in the "All Ages" group.
This event is in the "Babies/Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschoolers" group.
This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group.

Family Night Kamishibai Storytime

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Caroline de Llamas Children's Area - San Ysidro at San Ysidro Library
Program Type:
Early Learning, Literature, Performing Arts
Age Group:
All Ages, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age

Storybox Theatre is a wonderful way to present illustrated stories to youngsters.  Storybox is the American name we have given to the Japanese storytelling tradition called kamishibai.  (Kami = paper; shibai = theatre).  A storytell

Library Branch: San Ysidro Library
Room: Caroline de Llamas Children's Area - San Ysidro
Age Group: All Ages, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age
Program Type: Early Learning, Literature, Performing Arts
Event Details:

Storybox Theatre is a wonderful way to present illustrated stories to youngsters.  Storybox is the American name we have given to the Japanese storytelling tradition called kamishibai.  (Kami = paper; shibai = theatre).  A storytell

This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Older Adults" group.

Adult Craft: Herb Scented Room Refresher - Part of the Living Well for Adults Series

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room - Rancho Peñasquitos at Rancho Peñasquitos Library
Program Type:
Art, Community Engagement
Age Group:
Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Make an easy room refresher with essential oils to take home in a cute spray bottle. 

Registration Encouraged
Library Branch: Rancho Peñasquitos Library
Room: Community Room - Rancho Peñasquitos
Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Art, Community Engagement
Registration Encouraged
Event Details:

Make an easy room refresher with essential oils to take home in a cute spray bottle. 

This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group.
This event is in the "Middle School Age" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Girls Who Code Club Meeting

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Area - Scripps Miramar Ranch at Scripps Miramar Ranch Library
Program Type:
Science/STEAM
Age Group:
Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens

Weekly meeting of the Girls Who Code Club Session "What is an API?". Registration Required at 2/10/2025 Open House event or onsite to participate in this session.

Library Branch: Scripps Miramar Ranch Library
Room: Children's Area - Scripps Miramar Ranch
Age Group: Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens
Program Type: Science/STEAM
Event Details:

Weekly meeting of the Girls Who Code Club Session "What is an API?". Registration Required at 2/10/2025 Open House event or onsite to participate in this session.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Kensington-Normal Heights Book Club

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Area - Kensington at Kensington-Normal Heights Library
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for interesting roundtable discussion of fascinating, fun and thrilling fiction.  This month's book is We Solve Murders by Richard Osman.

Library Branch: Kensington-Normal Heights Library
Room: Children's Area - Kensington
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:

Join us for interesting roundtable discussion of fascinating, fun and thrilling fiction.  This month's book is We Solve Murders by Richard Osman.

This event is in the "Babies/Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschoolers" group.

Signing Pajama Storytime

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room - Allied Gardens/Benjamin at Allied Gardens/Benjamin Library
Program Type:
Featured
Age Group:
Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers

Join us for pajama storytime with...sign language basics to foster early literacy skills.

This program is offered inside in our Community Room, and no registration is required.

Library Branch: Allied Gardens/Benjamin Library
Room: Community Room - Allied Gardens/Benjamin
Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers
Program Type: Featured
Event Details:

Join us for pajama storytime with...sign language basics to foster early literacy skills.

This program is offered inside in our Community Room, and no registration is required.

This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Older Adults" group.

Crafts for Grown Ups: UV Resin Pressed Flower Keychain

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Adult Reading Area at North Park Library
Program Type:
Featured, Art
Age Group:
Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

For this month's Crafts for Grown Ups, we'll be making trendy pressed flower keychains with UV resin! 

Registration Encouraged
Library Branch: North Park Library
Room: Adult Reading Area
Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Featured, Art
Registration Encouraged
Event Details:

For this month's Crafts for Grown Ups, we'll be making trendy pressed flower keychains with UV resin! 

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Older Adults" group.

Swing Dance Under the Dome - Live Music Night!

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Qualcomm Dome Terrace at Central Library
Program Type:
Cultural Appreciation, Performing Arts, Wellness
Age Group:
Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Live Music Night with Mojo Workin'!

Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Qualcomm Dome Terrace
Age Group: Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Cultural Appreciation, Performing Arts, Wellness
Event Details:

Live Music Night with Mojo Workin'!

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Older Adults" group.

Picture This!

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Neil Morgan Auditorium at Central Library
Program Type:
Featured, Art, Community Engagement, Films
Age Group:
Adults, Older Adults

Lawless

Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits. 

Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Neil Morgan Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Featured, Art, Community Engagement, Films
Event Details:

Lawless

Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits. 

This event is in the "Babies/Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschoolers" group.
This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group.

Pajama Storytime with Ms. Carrie

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Community Room - Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa at Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library
Program Type:
Literature
Age Group:
Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age

Put on your favorite PJs and join Ms. Carrie in the Community Room Monday evenings for a pajama storytime.

 

Pajamas are encouraged, but not required. No sign up required.

 

Library Branch: Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library
Room: Community Room - Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa
Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary School Age
Program Type: Literature
Event Details:

Put on your favorite PJs and join Ms. Carrie in the Community Room Monday evenings for a pajama storytime.

 

Pajamas are encouraged, but not required. No sign up required.

 

This event is in the "Babies/Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschoolers" group.

Storytime with Trinity Theatre

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Snook's Nook Storytime Area at Rancho Bernardo Library
Program Type:
Literature
Age Group:
Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers

Actors from Trinity Theatre Co. will read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff and then perform the story as a play! Children are encouraged to participate. After the show, stay for a craft!

Library Branch: Rancho Bernardo Library
Room: Snook's Nook Storytime Area
Age Group: Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers
Program Type: Literature
Event Details:

Actors from Trinity Theatre Co. will read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff and then perform the story as a play! Children are encouraged to participate. After the show, stay for a craft!

This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group.

Children's Bilingual Spanish Conversation Night and Book Club

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room - Carmel Valley at Carmel Valley Library
Program Type:
Cultural Appreciation, En Español
Age Group:
Elementary School Age

Bilingual Spanish/English conversation night and Book Club- practice your Spanish while mingling with others, reading books (Graphic Novels in Spanish ) and playing games.

Library Branch: Carmel Valley Library
Room: Community Room - Carmel Valley
Age Group: Elementary School Age
Program Type: Cultural Appreciation, En Español
Event Details:

Bilingual Spanish/English conversation night and Book Club- practice your Spanish while mingling with others, reading books (Graphic Novels in Spanish ) and playing games.

This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Older Adults" group.

English as a Second Language (ESL) Conversation Group in Teen Area

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Seminar/Booksale Room - Mira Mesa at Mira Mesa Library
Program Type:
Cultural Appreciation
Age Group:
Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Join us for casual, friendly conversation designed to increase participants' comfort with the English language and maybe make new friends.  

Library Branch: Mira Mesa Library
Room: Seminar/Booksale Room - Mira Mesa
Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Cultural Appreciation
Event Details:

Join us for casual, friendly conversation designed to increase participants' comfort with the English language and maybe make new friends.  

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

El Cerrito Community Council Meeting

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Community Room - College-Rolando at College-Rolando Library
Age Group:
All Ages

El Cerrito Community Meetings

Library Branch: College-Rolando Library
Room: Community Room - College-Rolando
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

El Cerrito Community Meetings

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Friends Concert Series: Rob Thorsen Jazz Trio

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Marla Haas Community Room - Point Loma/Hervey at Point Loma/Hervey Library
Program Type:
Featured, Performing Arts
Age Group:
All Ages

Rob Thorsen Trio featuring Melonie Grinnell and Richard Sellers

Library Branch: Point Loma/Hervey Library
Room: Marla Haas Community Room - Point Loma/Hervey
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Featured, Performing Arts
Event Details:

Rob Thorsen Trio featuring Melonie Grinnell and Richard Sellers

Mira Mesa Community Planning Group

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Community Room - Mira Mesa at Mira Mesa Library
Program Type:
Community Engagement

The Mira Mesa Community Planning Group meets on the third Monday of every month, with two exceptions: no meetings in July and December

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Library Branch: Mira Mesa Library
Room: Community Room - Mira Mesa
Program Type: Community Engagement
Event Details:

The Mira Mesa Community Planning Group meets on the third Monday of every month, with two exceptions: no meetings in July and December

Meeting Room Under Construction

All Day
Scripps Miramar Ranch Library
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Branches:
Scripps Miramar Ranch Library
This event is in the "Preschoolers" group.
This event is in the "Elementary School Age" group.

Wild Wonders Animal Presentation: Sonora to Sahara--Deserts of the World

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Meeting Room - Linda Vista at Linda Vista Library
Program Type:
Science/STEAM, Summer Reading Program
Age Group:
Preschoolers, Elementary School Age

Animals living in the deserts encounter some of the harshest environments on the planet.  Yet, these areas are extremely biodiverse.  Meet some desert dwelling ambassadors and learn the tricks they’ve learned to survive and thriv

Library Branch: Linda Vista Library
Room: Meeting Room - Linda Vista
Age Group: Preschoolers, Elementary School Age
Program Type: Science/STEAM, Summer Reading Program
Event Details:

Animals living in the deserts encounter some of the harshest environments on the planet.  Yet, these areas are extremely biodiverse.  Meet some desert dwelling ambassadors and learn the tricks they’ve learned to survive and thriv

This event is in the "Emerging Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Older Adults" group.

Balboa Adult Book Club

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Balboa Library
Program Type:
Community Engagement
Age Group:
Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Meet for a different book selection every third Tuesday of the month. Read the book, Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather and then join a lively book discussion here at Balboa Branch Library.

Library Branch: Balboa Library
Age Group: Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Community Engagement
Event Details:

Meet for a different book selection every third Tuesday of the month. Read the book, Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather and then join a lively book discussion here at Balboa Branch Library.